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slide scanner QA How do I scan thousands of 35mm slides Posted on21 May 2010.
Tags: 35mm Slide Scanner, Family Members, Scanner, slide My father was an incredible amateur photographer who left us with all of his work. We now have literally hundreds and thousands of slides from family events, vacations, and the sort. My goal is to scan them to my computer and burn a DVD for my family, most importantly my mother.
Is there a suggested method, device, or service that will help get all these slides to the right format with good quality? Should I purchase a 35mm slide scanner just for this project or is there another way? 67 Responses to How do I scan thousands of 35mm slides photoenhance says: February 9, 2010 at 3:05 pm I would suggest taking them to a photo lab and having it professionally done, when I worked in a lab we charged $2.82 to put 100 slides to cd. wackywallwalker says: February 12, 2010 at 3:05 am If your final output is to video you are in luck because video(television or computer monitor) does not require the high resolution scans that say a large print would require.
In this case having your photos scanned at a photo finishing shop would be sufficient for your purposes.
Of course if want to make any enlargements of the slides, or if quality of scan is a concern your best bet is to purchase a cheap but robustly featured scanner like an Epson 4490. However, from my experience most people dont have the patience, knowledge nor the time to dedicate to scanning that many photos. Let me be honest to say that most older slides are going to need some kind of color correction or restoration and you will have to use a software like Adobe Photoshop.
But if this were my father I would take the time to learn, so that I may preserve his lifes work. Dedicated scanners will set you back close to 1000 dollars, well, that was the price the last time I looked, they may have gone down since. But they scan much better than the adapters there really is no comparison.
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